barefootrunninguk.com is a great source of information. If you live in London they have a monthly run at Clapham Common. I have been transitioning over the past 12 months and run a combination of barefoot, racing flats, vibrams and invisible shoes. I find the Invisible Shoes soo much closer to barefooting than any thing else I have tried. They are very cheap, approx $25US on line. I'm projecting that I will only be running either barefoot or Invisible Shoes by the end of the year.My advice would be to start totally barefoot until you have adopted the correct running gait and then introduce minimalist shoes. As it is possible to run with a poor gait in minimalist shoes.Good Luck

I went for the thinner 4mm version, as I have already down a few barefoot runs. I think they are great, so much easier to run in than Vibrams. They feel as if they flop about a little bit, but if you keep good running form this is very minimal.

I've made several pairs of Huaraches, Vibram 4mm cherry material makes a brilliant feeling sole, thicker can be nicer on rougher ground.

For me getting the ties right was the hard bit, lots of experiments with different methods to find what suited me, think the practice and experimentation helped. I found latigo leather more comfortable than the round shoe laces Invisible shoes use, for the latigo laces I made a leather pad (see avatar) to go under the knot as was breaking the skin on runs above 5-6 miles. Since then have tried Barefoot Ted's elasticated leather laces and they are my favourite now, giving the most comfortable secure fit, check out the luna sandals website.

Sqeakz - nice quote, I agree, in proper barefoot intervals dont even notice small stones when form is good, when its not so good feel the tiniest piece of grit

As everyone else has said there isn't a set barefooting section on the uk site but the runners world USA site has a brilliant forum where you will all the info you need for Barefooting. Personally i've done a fair few miles barefoot but do the majority of my runs in Vibram KSO's. My biggest bit of advice would be to TAKE IT SLOW!! it takes time to find the right form so as not to pick up injuries.

You could also take a look at Barefoot Running Uk - they are doing a workshop in Brighton on the 21st April - £90 for the day. They really know their stuff, I know them personally and they did a fantastic seminar at The Running Show last November.

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